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Identifying new resistance to Cassava Mosaic Disease and validating markers for the CMD2 locus
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/118367
Abstract
Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) is a crucial staple crop, and provides carbohydrate energy to more than half a billion people in the tropics. Cassava mosaic disease (CMD) is the most important disease of cassava in Africa. Since Sri Lanka Cassava Mosaic Virus (SLCMV) was first reported in South East Asia in 2015, establishing sustainable solutions to CMD has become a top priority for the…
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Land-use change and Biogeochemical controls of soil CO2, N2O and CH4 fluxes in Cameroonian forest landscapes
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/112480
Abstract
Deforestation and land-use change are accelerating in the Congo Basin and elsewhere in the tropics affecting the soil-atmosphere exchange of greenhouse gases (GHG). There is a lack of data from Central Africa. We quantified fluxes of CO2, CH4, and N2O at the soil-atmosphere interface in a secondary forest, a cocoa agroforest, and an unfertilized cropland. Soil respiration was…
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Evaluación preliminar de tres tipos de injertos utilizados en la indización de yuca
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/71320
Publication year
2000
Authors
Roa E, Julio César
Flor Payán, N.C.
Ramírez, J.L.
Mafla, G.
Pineda López, Benjamín
Debouck, Daniel G.
Full Citation
Roa…
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Generation, use and sharing of digital sequence information in crop improvement. Submission to the Twelfth Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-Ended Working Group to Enhance the Functioning of the Multilateral System: Policy Brief
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/151775
Abstract
This policy brief was commissioned by the Co-chairs of the Working Group to Enhance the Functioning of the Multilateral System of Access and Benefit-sharing under the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (International Treaty), with the…
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Addressing micronutrient deficiency in Cameroon through common bean biofortification
Bioversity International (Bioversity International)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/111041
Abstract
Biofortification is a process through which the nutritional value – vitamins or minerals of a food crop is enhanced through conventional breeding. Through biofortification, vitamins and minerals such as iron, zinc, provitamin A etc. are enhanced. Eleven high iron and zinc beans have been released in Cameroon after a recent nutritional…
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Pautas para desarrollar programas de fitomejoramiento participativo
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/71283
Publication year
1999
Authors
CGIAR Systemwide Program on Participatory Research and Gender Analysis for Technology Development and Institutional Innovation
Full Citation
Pautas para desarrollar programas de fitomejoramiento participativo.…
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L’autonomisation des femmes contribue-t-elle à prévenir l’insuffisance pondérale et l’émaciation chez les enfants ?
Les collines boisées et les champs ondulés de l’État d’Odisha abritent certains des groupes tribaux les plus vulnérables de l’Inde. Toutefois, une nouvelle étude menée par des chercheur.e.s de l’Alliance de Bioversity International et du CIAT révèle que lorsque les femmes sont autonomisées, les enfants sont moins…
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Création de fermes de démonstration au Ghana : Apprentissage, observation et discussion parmi les petit.e.s agriculteur.rice.s
Abdul-Latif Baamonyor Jizorkuwie, Kingsley Ofosu-Ampong, Wuletawu Abera
L'agriculture dans la région du Haut-Ouest du Ghana, comme dans une grande partie de l'Afrique subsaharienne, fait face à des défis critiques, y compris une faible productivité, une vulnérabilité au changement…
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Décrypter le terme à la mode "Systèmes alimentaires"
Lara Barangé
Les systèmes alimentaires existent sous de nombreuses formes : du traditionnel à l'industriel, du local au mondial, du régénératif au technologique, et bien plus encore. Chacun de ces systèmes a ses propres structures, principes et défis uniques : tandis que les marchés informels en bord de route apportent un revenu essentiel à de…
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Improving dietary status through strengthening gender nutrition-sensitive interventions
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/151851
Abstract
The HER+ initiative is dedicated to conducting cutting-edge gender and social science research in order to develop practical solutions that will enhance climate resilience and empower women in Africa and Asia. In Ethiopia, the initiative has taken the step of creating a Gender-Sensitive Nutrition Training Manual in English and local languages to provide strong capacity for trainers and improve local…
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¿Dónde se generan las mayores emisiones en ganadería y cacao en Caquetá, Colombia?
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/151848
Abstract
Un estudio realizado en el departamento del Caquetá, Colombia, por el equipo de Sistemas Alimentarios Bajos en Emisiones de la Alianza Bioversity-CIAT en el marco de la iniciativa del CGIAR AgriLAC Resiliente, identificó las etapas de producción que generan mayores emisiones en las cadenas de ganadería y cacao en el departamento. La investigación propone soluciones para mitigar su impacto y es clave para…
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Vulnerability and resilience among forcibly displaced persons in Zambia
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/151853
Publication year
2024
Authors
Craparo, Alessandro Carmelo William
Maviza, Gracsious
Caroli, Giulia
Basel, Ashleigh Megan
Full Citation
Craparo, A.C.W.; Maviza, G.; Caroli, G.; Basel, A.M. (2024) Vulnerability and resilience among forcibly displaced persons in Zambia. 18 p.…
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Optimizing farming systems for sustainable intensification in Savulgu, Northern Ghana
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/151847
Publication year
2024
Authors
Eshetae, Meron Awoke
Abera, Wuletawu
Full Citation
Eshetae, M.A.; Abera, W. (2024) Optimizing farming systems for sustainable intensification in Savulgu, Northern Ghana. [Blog post] Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT).…
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Pistas para los gobiernos actuales de la región Caribe Colombiana sobre sus sistemas alimentarios: Dónde se intervino y dónde hace falta.
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/151856
Abstract
Colombia enfrenta un desafío monumental en su mesa: nutrir a toda su población por igual, sin poner en riesgo la salud del planeta ni los recursos futuros; es decir, lograr la sostenibilidad de sus sistemas alimentarios. Este estudio de política busca identificar cómo los ocho departamentos de la costa Caribe colombiana han enfrentado los retos asociados…
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Acremonium implicatum: un hongo endofítico en la gramínea Brachiaria brizantha y su efecto sobre la mancha angular
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/71361
Publication year
1998
Authors
Kelemu, Segenet
Muñoz Arboleda, Fernando
Takayama, Y
Full Citation
Kelemu, Segenet; Muñoz Arboleda, Fernando; Takayama, Yuka. 1998.…
